Step by step-How to convert a Cutlass to a Regal

[Crossbreed]

STEP 1- DON'T DO IT!!! Holy crap this was a pain in the @ss. Nothing lined up. Thought maybe I could keep the Cutlass inner fenders.... wrong. Hood off, outer fenders off, inner fenders off, lose some blood. Core supports are completely different. Change core support. Bumper off. Try getting fender bolts off without removing doors... not fun. The only part of the Cutlass that I was able to reuse was the hood latch.
And when I finally got it all done and back together (roughly 15 hours later), I started her up and she decided to hemorhage transmission fluid all over the driveway. Yeah... apparently I cracked the two lines going to the side of the radiator when I was removing the core support. But it's done. I still am going to section the fenders using the wheelwell openings from the Cutlass so front and back match. I still have the entire interior to swap, so I hope changing the dash is just as easy as the front clip. There's still a whole lot left to do. I've still got a motor to yank and put in it's place, find a transmission, rearend, etc.

 

[3XBrownCutty]

your not gonna do anything about the difference in the fender around the wheel? do the body lines line up?

 

[Crossbreed]

your not gonna do anything about the difference in the fender around the wheel? do the body lines line up?

I still am going to section the fenders using the wheelwell openings from the Cutlass so front and back match.

Body lines match since the doors are interchangeable. Everything from the doors back though is different. The lines along the tops of the quarterpanels are different (Regal=curved, Cutlass=flat), so I can't swap the rear decklid, and the mounts for the tailights are completely differnt too.

 

[bowtietillidie85SS]

Ok so i have a couple questions, just out of curiousity, A. Why the conversion? B. if you want a regal, wouldnt it be easier to of sold the cutlass and found a regal? Seems like alot of work to me.

 

[pontiacgp]

the title of the thread should be....Step by step why you don't want to convert a Cutlass to a Regal

 

[stss95]

 

[georgeathtx]

idk....seems like a lil too much work to me to have a cutlass that looks like any other regal...unless ur tryn to do somethin a lil different...idk...im a lil confused

 

[bowtietillidie85SS]

I do give you an A for effort!!!! just dont know WHY!!!!???

 

[pimplogic]

why the hell would you take a perfectly good cutlass and turn it into a regal?
FAIL

 

[G_Body_Enthusiast]

this thread made my day a bit brighter.